Re: Problem with Debian bootup
On 5/21/04 12:09 AM, "je_debian@kronos.honk.org" <je_debian@kronos.honk.org>
wrote:
> I had a box that today experienced a power failure. When I rebooted, it
> wasn't even pingable. I brought it upstairs (no minotor in the basement)
> and noticed that I was always pausing during the boot sequence at a root
> prompt. Seems to have just brought the network up and then stopped at
> this root prompt. If I type 'exit', the boot continues as if nothing
> happened. As this is a server machine, I can't just leave a keyboard
> attached waiting for someone to happen along and type 'exit'. :)
That sounds like single-user mode. Are you using lilo? Also, what's in your
inittab?
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